by Geoff Fox & Kate Shunney Town officials on Monday voted officially to appoint Patrick Norris as the new Hancock councilman during a special town meeting attended by three councilmen and the town’ s attorney. The meeting, which lasted roughly 10 minutes, had just one item on the agenda –[Read More…]
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Thurman Walter Whisner
Thurman Walter Whisner 1951-2022 Thurman Walter Whisner, PE, PS, age 71, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., died on Monday, July 25, 2022 at War Memorial Hospital. Born January 29, 1951 on the family farm in Great Cacapon, he was the son of the late Earl Sylvester and Martha Juanita Steinbaugh Whisner.[Read More…]
Lori Roberta Yost
Lori Roberta Yost 1970-2022 Lori Roberta Yost, age 52, of Elkton, Va., and Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 in Elkton, Va. Born January 1, 1970 in Hagerstown, Md., she was the daughter of the late Ersel Leroy and Norma Jean Munson Yost. She was a Presbyterian.[Read More…]
Joyce Lee Younker
Joyce Lee Younker 1948-2022 Joyce Lee Younker, age 74, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at Winchester Medical Center. Born April 5, 1948 in Clear Spring, Md., she was the daughter of the late Harry Calvin and Susan Pauline Bridendolph Mills. She was of the Pentecostal[Read More…]
Mary Catherine Ashkettle
Mary Catherine Ashkettle 1937-2022 Mary Catherine Ashkettle, 84, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2022, at UPMC Western Maryland in Cumberland Maryland. Born August 9, 1937, she was the oldest daughter of the late James L. and Mary Ellen (Young) Ashkettle. Catherine was a hardworking, caring, independent person. She was a[Read More…]
Martha Marie McCusker Yost
Martha Marie McCusker Yost 1956-2022 Martha Marie McCusker Yost, age 65, of Martinsburg, W.Va. entered into eternal life on Wednesday July 27,2022. Born August 18,1956, she was the daughter of the late Donald McCusker, Sr. and Hazel Florence Divelbliss McCusker. Martha attended Hancock High School and later attended James Rumsey[Read More…]
Eugene Duane Long
Eugene Duane Long 1952-2022 Eugene Duane Long, age 69, of Hedgesville, W.Va., died on Monday, July 25, 2022 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born September 21, 1952 in San Antonio, Texas, he was the son of Georgia LaVerne Bishop Long, of Berkeley Springs,[Read More…]
Lester “Fuzzy” J. Souders
Lester “Fuzzy” J. Souders 1936-2022 Lester “Fuzzy” J. Souders, 86, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Winchester Medical Center. Born January 25, 1936, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Virginia Stotler Souders, and the husband of Doris J. Souders, who passed away November 7,[Read More…]
Cases of local vandalism call town security cameras into question
By Geoff Fox Vandalism of picnic tables and Civil War kiosks have caught the ire of former Mayor Dan Murphy, raising concern about the town’s security cameras around town. Murphy spoke during citizens’ comments at the July meeting about the town’ s museum from the second floor of Town Hall[Read More…]
National Night Out Tuesday, August 2
by Geoff Fox Next Tuesday, August 2, Widmeyer Park will be a busy place as folks from around the Hancock park for National Night Out. National Night Out begins at 6 p.m. This year’s event will once again have free food prepared by the Hancock Lions Club with hot dogs,[Read More…]
